Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:52906 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753795AbZCFOpa (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:45:30 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:36:12 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: tim.gardner@canonical.com, reinette chatre , "stable@kernel.org" , wireless Subject: Re: Please apply to stable: cfg80211: add support for custom firmware regulatory solutions Message-ID: <20090306143612.GA3712@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20090306_154534_609293_CA6968E8) References: <43e72e890903041335n47a70186u4a7aeb304f8b6979@mail.gmail.com> <1236275668.6612.134.camel@rc-desk> <43e72e890903051124t42ce5c7blfd741da4a2b4fa79@mail.gmail.com> <49B056FA.2020605@canonical.com> <43e72e890903051513n44cf5281y32cc11e06754aa3@mail.gmail.com> <49B06DA6.7070000@canonical.com> <43e72e890903051633w7880648djdd798c5a28285a6b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <43e72e890903051633w7880648djdd798c5a28285a6b@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 04:33:37PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: > > What is the downside of just turning OLD_REG back on for 2.6.28? > > You default to the "US" regulatory domain so channels 12-14 will not > be available by default. This is also why we offloaded regulatory crap > to userspace in the first place, so you won't have to upgrade your > kernel based on reg changes or fixes. > > I'll send a patch to enable passive scan on channels 12-14 for the > world regulatory domain. That and the 5 GHz patch should at least let > you see channels 12-14 with a fix from userspace. This can also go > into 28 for the world regulatory domain and since it would be fixing > an issue maybe we should consider it. > > Thoughts John? Honestly I don't think it is worth swizzling -stable for this. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.